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Intro: A C#m F#m D Dm (x2) Verse 1: A Her language was a perfect phrase C#m Her playful prose followed me for days F#m Down the alleyways of my desire D Dm To their final resting place Verse 2: A In a vacation town where I lived year round C#m She migrated here with the summer crowds F#m And we fell in love under impossible smiles D Dm Life was perfect if just for a little while Pre-Chorus Bm Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh D Hello exile A E And a thousand years may come and go F#m D We may never meet another soul A F#m E Here on our own island of Elba in the Poconos Bm D (hold) Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Hello exile A C#m F#m D Dm Verse 3: A And we bathed in the sun Cut our jeans into shorts C#m Outstared every star in the sky F#m Under the cover of nowhere the present was a present D Dm It looked beautiful on you every night Verse 4: A But we knew it would end yeah we knew it all along C#m It was a future never reconciled F#m Dm It?'s as if letting your shackled heart feel loved was more difficult than total denial Pre-Chorus Bm Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh D Hello exile A E And a thousand years may come and go F#m D I may never meet another soul A F#m E Here on my own island of Elba in the Poconos Bm D (hold) Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Hello exile A C#m F#m D Dm x2 Verse 5: A Now I imagined her memory would fade in the void C#m She'??d only reappear every now and again F#m I'd smile at the thought of us Go back to my day D Dm But that was purely wishful thinking Pre-Chorus Bm Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh D Hello exile A E And a thousand years may come and go F#m D I may never meet another soul A F#m E Here on my own island of Elba in the Poconos F#m A And just play the last set of my mind ? E D Our passions were real from the summertime F#m A E Swimming in the Delaware wringing out your long blonde hair Bm Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh D Hello exile A A/G# E F#m Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Dm Hello exile
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Pre-Chorus
A E And a thousand years may come and go F#m D We may never meet another soul A F#m E Here on our own island of Elba in the Poconos Bm D (hold) Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
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Verse 4:
A E And a thousand years may come and go F#m D I may never meet another soul A F#m E Here on my own island of Elba in the Poconos Bm D (hold) Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Verse 5:
A E And a thousand years may come and go F#m D I may never meet another soul A F#m E Here on my own island of Elba in the Poconos F#m A And just play the last set of my mind ? E D Our passions were real from the summertime F#m A E Swimming in the Delaware wringing out your long blonde hair Bm Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh D Hello exile A A/G# E F#m Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Dm Hello exile
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